Falling Aman prices add to farmers’ plight
December 31, 2011
Good harvest brings no smile
As about 98 per cent of Aman harvest is over, the growers have no way but to count losses as the prices they are getting are much below the production cost. The production of rice would exceed the target of 132.6 lakh tonnes this season, said officials of the department of agricultural extension (DAE).
The gross production of rice would increase due to the increased acreage of rice (56.43 lakh hectares) this Aman season although farmers in some regions are experiencing a slightly Read more
‘Strong EC no substitute for caretaker govt’
December 31, 2011
Judiciary under threat, says Rehman Sobhan
Removal of the caretaker government system is not likely to be compensated by a strong Election Commission (EC), and the history of electoral politics in Bangladesh indicates that no ruling party has ever conceded defeat in polls, without the presence of a non-partisan government, Prof. Rehman Sobhan, chairman of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), said this in a keynote paper at a programme Read more
Fresh survey to thwart Turag encroachment
December 31, 2011
The administrations of four districts in and around the capital have taken up a fresh survey to finalize the boundary lines on the banks of the Turag by January 15 to thwart any encroachment bid. Setting up of boundary pillars was stopped by the district administrations concerned when the river shrunk after the rainy season. Sources told The Independent that a section of corrupt land officials, in league with Read more
Little accommodations for students with disabilities
December 31, 2011
Accommodation facilities for people with disabilities, are too inadequate to cope with their growing number hampering their mainstreaming in the society.
Bangladesh Pratibandhi Kalyan Sangstha programme coordinator Azmal Hossain said that there were 16 lakh children with disabilities for whom the government needed to set up a large Read more
Bike-riding muggers worry city dwellers
December 31, 2011
Law enforcers find it tough to tackle them
Dhaka dwellers are terrified of bike-riding muggers, who in broad daylight snatch money from citizens on their way to or from banks and they do not give a second thought to hurting anyone.
Even law enforcers are worried about the recent increase in such mugging incidents.
At least 20 such incidents were reported in December alone but many incidents go unreported Read more
Biman in severe fund crunch
December 31, 2011
Board sits today to find way out
Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ financial crisis has turned so grave that the national flag carrier is now struggling to manage its regular expenditure while its payable to different organisations piles up by the day.
Biman owes Tk 247 crore-plus to its fuel supplier Padma Oil, more than Tk 270 crore to Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) and Tk 56 crore to National Board of Revenue (NBR) in Read more
Hamidullah Khan passes away
December 31, 2011
Sector Commander of 1971 liberation war and freedom fighter affairs secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Wing Commander (retd) M Hamidullah Khan, Bir Pratik, passed away at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on Friday. He was 74. He left behind his wife, two sons and a host of relatives, friends and well-wishers to mourn his death Read more
Jahurul ton stalls Biman
December 31, 2011
Out-of-favour Jahurul Islam slammed the first hundred in the ongoing Premier Division Cricket League as star-studded Victoria Sports Club started their campaign with a 21-run victory against Bangladesh Biman in the high-scoring match at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium yesterday.
Shakib Al Hasan was off-colour in the first game but opener Tamim Iqbal returned among the Read more
Fuel oil prices go up again
December 30, 2011
In an unprecedented move, the government on Thursday raised the prices of all kinds of fuel – twice in 49 days – by Taka 5 per litre apparently in a bid to ease the balance of payment pressure which has been threatening macro-economic stability.
Due to the decision made effective from Thursday midnight, the prices of petrol will be TK Read more
Second undersea cable to come in three years
December 30, 2011
The country is going to see the second international submarine cable within three years as the state-owned Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) has recently signed a deal to join a consortium of more than 16 countries.
The project of the consortium styled SEA-ME-WE 5 (South East Asia-Middle East-West Read more
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